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Covering more than 30 percent of Earth's land surface and home to 1 billion people, deserts and aridlands are second only to tropical rainforests in the variety of plants and animals they host.

They are also among the most fragile landscapes on Earth. Vegetation here grows slowly, and threats such as climate change, development and agriculture are encroaching on the desert frontier. Bolstered by a wide network of partners and allies, the Conservancy is working to conserve deserts and aridlands across the globe.

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Campaign Projects: Deserts and Aridlands

The Conservancy has identified six priority deserts and aridlands projects around the world:

• Gondwana Link, Australia
• Las Californias
• Sonoran & Chihuahuan Desert Borderlands
• Central Australia
• Mediterranean Chile and Coastal Deserts
• Aridlands of Namibia

Deserts and Aridlands Case Statement Find out more about all of the Conservancy's priority desert and aridlands projects. Download our case statement.

Map of Our Projects See a map of our desert and aridlands projects around the world.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photos © Wayne Lawler/Ecopix courtesy of Australian Bush Heritage Fund (Flowering dune vegetation, Quennsland, Australia); © Mark Godfrey/TNC (Gondwana Link); © Stephen Francis Photography (Cholla cactus, Las Californias Binational Conservation area)